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{{Short description|Logistics branch of the Bundeswehr}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Joint Support and Enabling Service
| native_name = {{lang|de|Streitkräftebasis}}
| image = Bundeswehr Logo Streitkraeftebasis with lettering.svg
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| caption = Logo of the Joint Support and Enabling Service
| dates = {{start date|2000|10|01|df=yes}}
| country = [[Germany]]
| allegiance = [[Bundeswehr]]
| branch = Multi-service
| type = Joint
| role = [[Military logistics]]
| size = 28,000 (2023)<ref name="bundeswehr"/>
| command_structure = [[Joint Support Service Command (Germany)|Kommando Streitkräftebasis]]
| garrison = [[Hardthöhe]]
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| march = ''Marsch der Streikräftebasis''<ref>{{cite news |work=Heidenheimer Zeitung |date=1 October 2010 |language=German |title=Der große Erfolg von Gerhard Fetzer |first=Claus-Dieter |last=Kirschner}}</ref>
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| commander1 = ''[[Generalleutnant]]'' [[:de:Martin Schelleis|Martin Schelleis]] ([[German Air Force]])
| commander1_label = Inspector
| commander2 = ''[[Generalleutnant]]'' [[:de:Peter Bohrer|Peter Bohrer]] (German Air Force)
| commander2_label = Deputy Inspector
| commander3 = ''[[Generalmajor]]'' [[Jürgen Setzer]] ([[German Army]])
| commander3_label = Chief of Staff
| notable_commanders = [[Manfred Nielson]], [[Wolfram Kühn]]
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[[Image:German military police car (aka).jpg|thumb|right|200px|A ''[[Feldjäger]]'' MP patrol vehicle]]

The '''Joint Support and Enabling Service''' ({{langx|de|Streitkräftebasis}}, {{IPA|de|ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tˌkʁɛftəˌbaːzɪs|pron|De-Streitkräftebasis.ogg}}, <small>''abbreviated:''</small> SKB, {{IPA|de|ɛskaːˈbeː|pron|De-SKB.ogg}}; literally Armed Forces Foundation) is a [[military branch|branch]] of the [[Germany|German]] ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' established in October 2000 as a result of major reforms of the ''Bundeswehr''. It handles various [[military logistics|logistic]] and organisational tasks of the ''Bundeswehr''. The SKB is one of six components of the ''Bundeswehr'', the other five being the [[German Army|Army]], [[German Navy|Navy]], [[German Air Force|Air Force]], the [[Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service|Joint Medical Service]], and the [[Cyber and Information Domain Service (Germany)|Cyber and Information Domain Service]]. As of April 2020, the force is composed of 27,840 personnel.<ref name="bundeswehr">{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ueber-die-bundeswehr/zahlen-daten-fakten/personalzahlen-bundeswehr|title=Aktuelle Personalzahlen der Bundeswehr [Current personnel numbers of the Federal Defence]|accessdate=28 May 2020}}</ref> In May 2021 the minister of defense [[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] together with inspector general [[Eberhard Zorn]] published a plan to dissolve the Joint Support and Enabling Service and to reintegrate its units into the army, navy, airforce and cyber command.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://augengeradeaus.net/2021/05/strukturen-fuer-die-bundeswehr-der-zukunft-viel-unruhe-wenig-klarheit/|title=Strukturen für die 'Bundeswehr der Zukunft': Viel Unruhe, wenig Klarheit – Augen geradeaus!|website=augengeradeaus.net}}</ref>

== Structure ==

Unlike the similar British [[Defence Logistics Organisation]] and the [[Australian Department of Defence]]'s [[Defence Materiel Organisation#Organisation|Support Command Australia]], a number of combat-associated commands were allotted to the SKB, principally the small German territorial defence structure embodied in the four ''Wehrbereichskommandos'' ([[Military District]] Commands), and the national supervision of active German military operations beyond the NATO area,{{clarify|reason=What is meant by ..the residual German territorial defence structure embodied in the four Wehrbereichskommandos, and national supervision of German military operations ?|date=June 2014}} performed by the Armed Forces Operations Command (the [[Einsatzführungskommando]] der Bundeswehr), which is headquartered in [[Potsdam]].

The WBK headquarters were in [[Kiel]] (WBK I); [[Mainz]] (WBK II); [[Erfurt]] (WBK III); and [[Munich]] (WBK IV). Each Military District Command controlled several ''[[Landeskommando]]s'' ([[States of Germany|State]] Commands) due to the [[Politics of Germany|federal structure of Germany]]. Previously this function was carried out by the ''Verteidigungsbezirkskommandos'' (VBKs) or Military Region Commands (Defence District Commands). These commands were in charge of all [[military building|military facilities]] in their area of responsibility and of several supporting [[regiment]]s. The SKB headquarters was formed on the basis of the former [[IV Corps (Bundeswehr)|IV (German) Corps]]{{clarify|date=November 2014}} headquarters. Most of its remaining elements have been reassigned from the Central Military Agencies of the ''Bundeswehr,'' encompassing a wide range of logistics agencies, schools, and other support units.

The top command authorities are the ''Kommando Streitkräftebasis'' ([[v Command (Germany)|Joint Support and Enabling Service Command]]) which is in charge of numerous of command and control roles. The ''Streitkräfteamt'' ([[Armed Forces Office (Germany)|Armed Forces Office]]) directs all schools, training and research centres, the ''[[Militärischer Abschirmdienst]]'' (Military Counterintelligence Service), and the ''Bundeswehr''<nowiki/>'s higher academies and universities.

In April 2012 as part of the major reorganisation that ended conscription, the Armed Forces Operations Command ({{lang|de|[[Einsatzführungskommando]]}}) was resubordinated directly to the Inspector of the Bundeswehr.<ref>See [[:de:Neuausrichtung der Bundeswehr]]; [[:de:Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr#Dresdner Erlass 2012|Dresdner Erlass]]; and {{cite web|title=Übergabeappell April&nbsp;2012|periodical=|publisher=|url=http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/einsatzbw/!ut/p/c4/LYvBCsIwEET_KNuAYvVmKYh481BtL7Jp1rLYJiVuDUg_3gScgWGGx0AHyQ4_PKCwdzjCHdqeDyYqEy09iN0b5Ztmbs-FXtabCLd8s6R670hyCjnhlENA8UHNPsiYyRJCIoottIWuK73bFH_ptWxOl6bcb3V9rq4wT9PxB-B9b6E!|url-status=|format=|access-date=2014-12-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

In September 2022 another reorganisation created the [[Territorial Operations Command (Germany)|Territorial Operations Command]] ({{lang|de|Territoriales Führungskommando}}) from parts of the JJoint Support and Enabling Service, which also was subordinated directly to the Inspector of the Bundeswehr.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bundeswehr stellt Territoriales Führungskommando auf – Corona-General an der Spitze|periodical=|publisher=Augen geradeaus|url=https://augengeradeaus.net/2022/09/bundeswehr-stellt-territoriales-fuehrungskommando-auf-corona-general-an-der-spitze/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-10-20|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

{{Bundeswehr}}
* '''[[Joint Support and Enabling Service Command (Germany)|Joint Support and Enabling Service Headquarters]]''', in [[Bonn]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Organisation Streitkräftebasis |url=http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/portal/a/streitkraeftebasis/start/uberun/organi/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zinSx8QnyMLI2MTEM8LAw8zQL9ff0tnD09HI30wwkpiAJKG-AAjgb6wSmp-pFAM8wRZri4uoPN8Hb2NDQ1sjA31w_Wj9KPykosS6zQK8gvKslJLdFLTAa5UD8yIzEvJSc1ID_ZESJQkBtRblDuqAgAo9UnEw!!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/#Z7_B8LTL2922DEG80I6QKCI152877 |publisher=Bundeswehr |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>
** Military Studies Office, in [[Munich]]
** [[Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik|Federal Security Policy Academy]], in Berlin
** German Military Representative at NATO & EU, in [[Brussels]]

=== Logistic Command ===
* [[File:Wappen LogKdoBw.png|25px]] '''''Bundeswehr'' Logistic Command''', in [[Erfurt]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Logistikkommando der Bundeswehr|url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/streitkraeftebasis/organisation/logistikkommando-der-bundeswehr|access-date=2021-11-11|website=www.bundeswehr.de|language=de}}</ref>
** [[File:LogRgt 1.png|25px]] 1st Logistic Regiment, in [[Burg bei Magdeburg]]
*** [[File:LogBtl-161.jpg|25px]] 161st Logistic Battalion, in [[Delmenhorst]]
*** [[File:LogBtl 163 Wappen.png|25px]] 163rd Logistic Battalion, in Delmenhorst
*** [[File:LogBtl-171.jpg|25px]] 171st Logistic Battalion, in Burg bei Magdeburg
*** [[File:LogBtl-172.jpg|25px]] 172nd Logistic Battalion, in [[Beelitz]]
** [[File:Wappen LogRgt 4.png|25px]] 4th Logistic Regiment, in [[Volkach]] (activated 12 October 2023)
*** [[File:LogBtl-461.jpg|25px]] 461st Logistic Battalion, in [[Walldürn]]
*** [[File:LogBtl-467.jpg|25px]] 467th Logistic Battalion, in Volkach
*** 471st Logistic Battalion, in [[Osterheide]] (will go active 1 October 2024)
*** [[File:LogBtl 472 neu.jpg|22px]] 472nd Logistic Battalion, in [[Kümmersbruck]]
** [[File:Wappen SpezPiRgt 164.png|25px]] 164th Special Pioneer Regiment, in [[Husum]]
** [[File:LogSBw.svg|25px]] Bundeswehr Logistic School, in [[Osterholz-Scharmbeck]]
** [[File:LogZBw 01.jpg|25px]] Bundeswehr Logistic Center, in [[Wilhelmshaven]]
** [[File:Wappen ZKfWBw.png|25px]] Bundeswehr Motor Vehicles Center, in [[Mönchengladbach]]

=== Military Police Command ===
* [[File:COA KdoFJgBw.svg|25px]] '''[[Feldjäger|''Bundeswehr'' Military Police]] Command''', in [[Hanover]]
** [[File:Wappen-SFJgStDstBw A4.png|22px]] Military Police and Staff Service School, in Hanover
** [[File:COA KdoFJgBw.svg|20px]] 1st Military Police Regiment, in [[Berlin]]
** [[File:COA KdoFJgBw.svg|20px]] 2nd Military Police Regiment, in [[Hilden]]
** [[File:COA KdoFJgBw.svg|20px]] 3rd Military Police Regiment, in [[Munich]]

=== CBRN-defense Command ===
* [[File:ABCAbwKdoBw.gif|25px]] '''''Bundeswehr'' [[CBRN defense|CBRN-defense]] Command''', in [[Bruchsal]]
** [[File:SABCAbwGSchAufg.png|20px]] CBRN-defense and Legal Protection Tasks School, in [[Sonthofen]]
** [[File:ABCAbwRgt 1.png|20px]] 1st CBRN-defense Regiment, in [[Strausberg]]
** [[File:ABC-Abwehrbataillon 7 (Bundeswehr).svg|22px]] 7th CBRN-defense Battalion, in [[Höxter]]
** [[File:ABCAbwRgt 750.jpg|20px]] 750th CBRN-defense Battalion "Baden", in Bruchsal

=== Armed Forces Office ===
* '''[[Armed Forces Office (Germany)|Armed Forces Office]]''', in [[Bonn]]
**''Bundeswehr'' Verification Tasks Centre, in [[Geilenkirchen]]
**''Bundeswehr'' Service Dog School, in [[Ulmen]]
**''Bundeswehr'' Public Relations Centre, in [[Strausberg]]
** [[Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr|''Bundeswehr'' Military Music Centre]], in Bonn
**''Bundeswehr'' Sport School, in [[Warendorf]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.streitkraeftebasis.de/portal/a/streitkraeftebasis/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK94uyk-ILMKv2CbEdFAIovPjA!/ www.streitkraeftebasis.de (engl.)]

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